Er-
I certainly appreciate the thought, and the enthusiasm, but when the time comes I'll buy a text ad like anyone else. I don't think of Metafilter as my personal billboard.
Matt, please kill the thread, or move it back here to "metafilter-related", as that's about as close to relevant to this site as my book is. posted by dong_resin to Etiquette/Policy at 10:58 AM (50 comments total)

You're now officially part of the best of the web: better get used to it.posted by cbrody at 11:05 AM on May 12, 2004

dong_resin, ever think about running for president? You're much more humble and decent than any of the current candidates.posted by BlueTrain at 11:11 AM on May 12, 2004

I don't think of Metafilter as my personal billboard.
Matt, please kill the thread, or move it back here to "metafilter-related", as that's about as close to relevant to this site as my book is.

I don't know about that. I consciously included the link to your original weblog entry because I think it's an important part of the post. As far as I know, it wasn't originally discussed on metafilter (unless my search messed up). Even by itself, your original entry may warrant a post, regardless of whether or not you're a member here.

In addition, I think it's interesting that a publisher would option a book deal based on a single, relatively short, blog entry. I will admit I considered posting it in the grey instead, but I eventually concluded that given the original entry (and to a lesser extent the follow-up entry) it was worth posting to the blue.

Also, it's not really your personal billboard if someone else posts it. Of course, if you really don't want it up there, I have no problem with Matt deleting/moving it--I just don't see a need to do so.

One more thing: the tone of the post is enthusiastic and light--maybe too much so--because I thought it was a fun, light topic. Besides, with everyone complaining about too much Iraq, I thought something humorous and positive would be a nice change, not because I was trying to increase book sales (not that I'd be against it, mind you). You can still buy text ads in September when everyone has forgotten my thread.posted by The God Complex at 11:39 AM on May 12, 2004

You'll eat your adulation and you'll like it, Mr. Resin Pants!posted by jonmc at 11:39 AM on May 12, 2004

Congratulations D.Resin. I think also it's very humble of you to ask to have the post (re)moved. I don't mind it. BTW was that a cheeee-WA-WA I saw.posted by orbit at 11:48 AM on May 12, 2004

Ah, the travails of the tormented auteur... First he must grapple with the harrowing ordeal of penning his oeuvre, only to be violently thrust into the vulgar public eye by some MeFi philistine.
Seriously, dongresin, I admire your gesture, but hey, it's an interesting subject. Perhaps a MeTa thread would be best, but anyway it is newsworthy. Our own quonsar, for instance, secretly daydreams of singing the Stooges' "I Want to be Your Dog" to Paris Hilton, you know? Would you like to deprive quonsar from reading new material about his beloved Paris Hilton?posted by 111 at 11:49 AM on May 12, 2004

I've been trying for literally seconds to think of a pun that includes the word "resinated", but...Hey! There's a shiny thing over there!posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:50 AM on May 12, 2004

Dear Mr. Resin:

You are the shizzle. While we appreciate your humility, we will honor you however we see fit. Enjoy it now, before the inevitable backlash begins.

Thank you.

Best regards,
The MetaFilter communityposted by me3dia at 11:58 AM on May 12, 2004

After reading his trenchant take on Don Rumsfeld, I think it's a terrible waste that he's writing about Paris (who now?) Hilton.

if you were actually offered a book deal because of your blog post, then that's an interesting story about the internet, business, and traditional media. articles will be sure to follow (kind of like the julie/julia project - are there other examples?)

good luck with the book! of course, be prepared for the smart-ass derision of hundreds of blogging fools who think they are funnier than you and deserve it twice as much.posted by _sirmissalot_ at 12:00 PM on May 12, 2004

I didn't think of that way, _sirmissalot_ , I just had a bad reaction to seeing a product announcement on the blue.

I feel very thankful towards this site, the idea of being seen as taking advantage is horrifying.posted by dong_resin at 12:05 PM on May 12, 2004

Fear not. When one of our own signs a book deal, we all cheer.posted by scarabic at 12:08 PM on May 12, 2004

FWIW dong_resin I didn't see it that way. Since you have been a very regular contributor to MeFi for a long time I think folks will give you a little more slack in that arena (as opposed to say someone like ME getting a FPP about a book I just wrote.)

Also, it's not like YOU posted it trying to drum up support for your own book (*narrows eyes* unless you're posting as TGC... j/k)

Either way, your attitude is appreciated for sure and the rest of us MeFi folk who also happen to blog can still dream that big dream: "Someday maybe *I* can be like D. Resin!"

Dong, did the publishing company originally see the tinkerbell bit, or at least your blog, via a gawker link?posted by liam at 1:29 PM on May 12, 2004

Enjoy it now, before the inevitable backlash begins.

Some suggestions:

-I liked Dong better before he sold out.
-More dong, less resin please.
-Dong wrote a book? Thanks, I'll wait for the movie. Which will also suck.
(var.)
-Dong got paid to write a book? They're commissioning remainders now?

I would think so, liam, it's probably the most widely read site that linked to that post.posted by dong_resin at 1:56 PM on May 12, 2004

Damn. I was going to post it but I've had the electricians in all day. But TGC did an excellent job - though not enough bombast and fawning, as usual with you mincing North Americans - and I'm dying to read dong's book more than anyone here, wanna fight?

*puts up fists in nineteenth century Sherlock Holmes gentleman-boxeur style and starts thrusting effeteky into the air*posted by MiguelCardoso at 1:58 PM on May 12, 2004

PST you forgot the corollary to #1 "He was Cool When He Played the Vet's Hall But Now He's a Wanker".posted by freebird at 2:01 PM on May 12, 2004

(now i shall prop myself against a tree and wait to die.)posted by quonsar at 2:04 PM on May 12, 2004

(now i shall prop myself against a tree and wait to die.)

brilliant! quonsar, I want to sign you to a multi-book deal, with movie rights and points! I can see it now:Propping Myself Against A Tree And Waiting To Die, More Tales From The Tree, Not Dead Yet, Almost Dead, Lapsing Into A Coma.... ; >posted by amberglow at 2:18 PM on May 12, 2004

I was going to post it but I've had the electricians in all day.

With a '70s baseline, that statement takes on new possibilities.posted by yerfatma at 2:39 PM on May 12, 2004

I've been trying for literally seconds to think of a pun that includes the word "resinated"
I'm never gonna hear that Gillian Welch song in my head in the same way again.posted by notsnot at 2:47 PM on May 12, 2004

I see. Now that he's part of the literati, he's too good for the Metafilter front page.posted by Hildago at 3:03 PM on May 12, 2004

I feel very thankful towards this site, the idea of being seen as taking advantage is horrifying.

any publicity is good publicity Dongboy :)

saw you had a link in the Popbitch email. Was impressed until I got in there the next week.. (only a mention BUT I TASTED FAME !..)

(man it is EZ to grab coattails..)posted by Frasermoo at 4:00 PM on May 12, 2004

Holy jebus, dong, I thought that mention of a Paris Hilton book in your Triumphant Return post was a joke. America is weirder than I though.

Congratulations aplently, reagardless, my satanic majesty! Here I was feeling bad you'd been left out of that group book thing, and here you are all on yer own, with pink and yellow sunbursts and everything!

So do I. My deal says that when I finish coloring in my book, I get a free balloon.posted by jonmc at 5:40 PM on May 12, 2004

But, will he wear the assless chaps in the Author's photo?posted by ColdChef at 8:46 PM on May 12, 2004

Admit it, Donger, you're the other Hilton sister.

Or you actually are Paris Hilton's dog, cleverly posing as a human in some sort of Hitchcock-esque double blind. Either way, I detect foul play.posted by arto at 9:07 PM on May 12, 2004

"...assless chaps..."

Look, I've just really, really had enough of this phrase. Chaps with an ass in them are pants, all right? Assless is the modifier that makes the pants into the chaps. Chaps==pants with no ass in them. OK? Are we all clear on the concept?posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:50 PM on May 12, 2004

Assorted chaps with chapped asses acquired some assless chaps to make their asses chapless.

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